ghost

IPA: gˈoʊst

noun

  • (uncommon or dated) The spirit; the human soul.
  • The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
  • Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
  • A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
  • An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.
  • A ghostwriter.
  • A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
  • A dead person whose identity is stolen by another. See ghosting.
  • (Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
  • (computing) An image of a file or hard disk.
  • (theater) An understudy.
  • (espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
  • The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
  • (video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
  • Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of him/her.
  • (quantum mechanics) An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
  • (attributive, linguistics, computing) A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
  • (uncountable) A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
  • (attributive, in names of species) White or pale.
  • (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
  • (attributive) Abandoned.
  • (attributive) Remnant; the remains of a(n).
  • (attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
  • (attributive) Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
  • (attributive) Substitute.
  • (countable) Clipping of ghost pepper. [Synonym of bhut jolokia]

verb

  • (obsolete, transitive) To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.
  • (obsolete) To die; to expire.
  • (literary) To imbue with a ghost-like hue or effect.
  • (transitive, intransitive) To ghostwrite.
  • (nautical) To sail seemingly without wind.
  • (computing) To copy a file or hard drive image.
  • (graphical user interface) To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.
  • (Internet, transitive) To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.
  • (intransitive) To appear or move without warning, quickly and quietly; to slip.
  • (transitive) To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison without the prior knowledge of other inmates.
  • (slang) To kill.
  • (slang, social media) To perform an act of ghosting: to break up with someone without warning or explanation; to ignore someone, especially on social media.
  • (film) To provide the speaking or singing voice for another actor, who is lip-syncing.
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